The pack-in comic has a rather interesting premise, only to conclude with a really stupid ending.Basically Slipstream wants to escape from Cybertron following the events of TF Animated. Swindle gives her a pair of
deus ex machinae^inter-dimensional gyro-thrusters, which she uses to flee the TF Animated universe and into the TF Legends universe, which is renowned to be peaceful. After arriving, she delights in being free to do whatever she wants . The Autobots/Maximals arrive, led by Arcee, who explains that Slipstream's arrival to their world was foreseen by Alpha Trion. Naturally the Autobots/Maximals attack Slipstream, and in the ensuing conflict her gyro-thrusters are damaged. Now this is where things get stupid. Okay, she can't jump dimensions anymore, fine... but she then goes all weak and covers herself up as if she were a human girl who just suddenly had her clothes ripped off in public.She's a robot... what is she covering up (that wasn't exposed before)??
*sigh* So then she's discovered by Megatron who asks Slipstream if she'll help him conquer Earth, and she gleefully agrees. At the end, Slipstream is reduced to just being a secretary for the Decepticons/Predacons and is literally serving tea to her male compatriots.
Okay, dubious pack-in comic aside, I find Slipstream to be a really nice redeco of Windblade. Slipstream's colour scheme is quite vibrant and really works well in highlighting a lot of the nice features of this mould that are otherwise obscured by Windblade's relatively duller colours. I was only expecting the head to be retooled, but was pleasantly surprised to see that they've retooled the chest as well to give her a faux cockpit. The Seeker-style arm-guns are also a nice inclusion. My only gripe about this figure is the uselessly aborted light piping gimmick. This is reminiscent of what we saw Hasbro & TakaraTOMY do with some figures around 2008-11, where the back of the head and eyes are made from transparent plastic, but then paint is applied over the eyes. Light is unable to pass through the solid paint, which makes the entire gimmick about as useful as a trapdoor on a dinghy.
Enough talk. Pics now!
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